“We are delighted that the club has earned Clubmark Gold, as well as secured funding to develop our work with special needs children,” says NBH chairperson Matt Shields. “Both awards reflect tremendous work by volunteers in the club. We are proud of our tradition of inclusivity, high standards, and having fun. We hope that on the strength of these awards, we can reach out to even more people in the community and introduce them to athletics and a healthy lifestyle.”

Bangor Tack Meet

North Down AC hosted a rare opportunity for athletes to compete at track events in a post-olympic meet. North Belfast Harriers showed their support in multiple events.

In conjunction with the post Olympics “Join in” campaign we had a record 573 people take part in free healthy exercise this week at Northern Ireland parkruns.

There was the typically large Harriers turn out at the Waterworks. Michael Fitzpatrick was first in a time of 17:26, followed in 2nd by Eoin McQuillan in 17:59. Just inside the top ten were Laurence Johnston in 8th (19:41),Greg McClure (20:00) and Tony McCambridge (20:01).

Further afield in Victoria Park Mark Shields had a respectable run in 26th (20:54) and was partnered by Paul Williams in 34th (21:43). At Falls Park Jim Clinton was 13th in a time of 24 minutes. At Queens parkrun Philip Donnelly was 9th (20:26) and John O’Dwyer Henry was 41st (35:14).

Ballinderry Bridge 10K

Congratulations to Tommy Hughes who came home first at Cookstown in a time of 34:35.